Thursday, June 11, 2009

It's just neverending confusion in the NICU world we are living in! We were told last night that his liver is enlarged and today they did an ultrasound on his abdomen and could also see calcium deposits on the liver but aren't overly concerned. Their thoughts are that he has an infected blood clot attached to his PICC line (a line that goes into a vein and carries medication/fluids into a vein close to his heart) So they are going to remove the picc line, treat with more antibiotics and reinsert the PICC somewhere else.. maybe even his head :(. This newly found infection/clot is unrelated to the bleeding into his diaper and to all the abnormal blood cells he has in his blood so they are still searching for the cause of those issues. We asked our doctor if they will be able to try to feed him soon and he said he was consulting with our surgeon about that today.. so maybe, hopefully we can start feeds again very soon before his liver is destroyed by the TPN! We had some friends join us at the camper last night and had a great time visiting! Woke up today to find the hot water tank is not working in the camper and there is also a major water leak so we shut the water off and headed to Marion for the night... My cousin emailed us that he has booked us a room at a nearby hotel for the weekend so that works out perfectly.. he is so kind! Hopefully we can figure out the water issue at the camper this weekend and have it all ready again for next week. I held Lincoln for a long time today and he did great.. he loves to be held.. he's sooo sweet. He had several visitors last night so that was great; Judy, Marcy, Grandma Phyllis and Aunt Bernice.

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